Automobile-hood cover.



E. B'.. NATHAN. AUTOMOBILE H.00D COVER. APPLICATION men MAR.22. 191s.

Patel lted May 22, 191 7.

EDWIN B. NATHAN, or new urban, N. Y.

aUroMo sILE-nooi) COVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I EDWIN 1B. NATHAN, a citizen' of the United rStates, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Hood Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to. an automobile hood cover and the main objects are to provide a cover of this character which effectively prevents the radiation of the heat from the engine and water cooling system,

is convenlent in use, and does not hinder ac-- cess to the interior of the hood.

Another object is to provide an automobile hood cover ofthis character which can be readily attached and detached from the hood.

.Thevarious further objects and advan-- tages will more fully appear from the detailed description and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings tion,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hood illustrating this invenof an automobile with my improved cover applied thereto.

vFig. 2 is a front view of the hood illustrating the side of the hood raised together with the side flap of the cover.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal sectional view of the cover detached.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the cover consists of a main or body portion 10 which extends over the top and sides of the hood and a front portion-11 which extends over the radiator. The front 11 is cut out to form an opening 12 which permits access of air to the radiator when the machine is in operation.- A curtain 13 may be formed of'the material cutout from the cutaway portion 12 and may be rolled upto expose the radiator.

Very often during automobile, it is necessary to inspect the engine or other part for adjustment or' repair,.- When the side of the hood is thus lifted as the running of the with it without removing the cover as a body from the hood. This is accomplished as follows:

The lower portion 14 and side portion 15 of the front 11 are formed in two separate removing the'cover as a whole.

to open the hood illustrated in Fig.2, the portion -of the cover may be lifted along tongues or ribbons which are detachably se- Specification of Letters Patent. t t 122, 1917, I Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 86,021.

cured together by any suitable fastener as a snap fastener having the portions 16, 16 secured respectively to a tab 17 extending from the ribbon 15 and at the outer or free end of the ribbon 14. As illustrated in Fig.

"'2, the right side 18 of the body .10 of the I cover thus forms a flap Whichmay be raised together with theside of the hood, without I Thus, all that the chaufi'eur has to'do is to pull on, the

.tab 17 to detach the fastener 16, 16 and the side ofthe hood may be immediately raised by gasping one of 'the handles 19. e entire cover is readily and securely attached to the hood as follows: on each of the side portions of the cover is formed a slot 20, the material around which is preferably reinforced by reinforcing strips 21- of leather or some other suitable strong mate: rial. This slot is bridged over by a, tab'22 attached at one side of the slot fastened ,by any suitable fastener as a snap fastener 23- at the opposite side of the slot. Thus, when the cover is placed over the hood, the handles 19 readily pass through the slots 20 and when the tab 22 is inclosed in place, the adjustment is entirely secure, as will be readily understood.

To make-a quick adjustment of the curtain 13 by means of one fastener, I preferably provide a strap 24 extending from the interior of the front portion 11 at a point directly above the middle of the curtain down to substantially the mid portion of the ribbon or tongue 14. Adjacent to the upper end of the strap 14,41. fastener'25, preferably a snap fastener, is provided to engage the mating part of the fastener located on the curtain 13 at a point sothat'when the curtain is rolled up, the parts of the fastener will be in position to engage. When it is desired to close the opening, the fastener 25 may be undone and the curtain dropped, and then securely fastened all around with the fasteners 26 disposed about the edge of the opening. It will be noted that thestrap 24 not only serves the purpose of holding up the curtain 13 when it is rolled up, but also servesto support the tongue; or ribbon14 when, the fastener 16 is undone, as will be readily seen from Fig. 2 of the drawing.

' In the forms of hoods which contain a filling extension such as 27, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, I provide the top of forced with a strong material29. This cooperates With the attaching means at the sides above described to hold the cover securely in place.

7 It will be understood, of course, that a suitable Waterproof material is used for the exterior part of the cover and the interior may be lined With a felt or other heat insulating material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A cover for automobile hoods compris ing a body member having a front portion cut out to form an opening for the radiation; a curtain to close said opening, said front portion comprising two ribbons detachably secured together, and a side flap attached to the side flap being adapted out removing the cover from the hood.

A cover ing a body member having a front portion cut out to form {an opening for the radiator, a curtain to close said opening, said front portion being formed at the bottomv with a tongue having a free end, the adjacent'side of the cover forming a flap detachably secured to said free end, saitl, side flap When detached being adapted to lift with the side of. the hood When the latter is opened Without removing the cover from the hood.

3. A cover for automobile hoods comprising a body member having a cut out to form an opening for the radiator,

tongue having a free end, o-tithe cover staged to said angularly disposed vertical ribbon, said to lift with the side of the hood When the latter is opened Withfor automobile -hoods comprisfront portion end, and'means for sup-' 4. A cover for automobile hoods comprising a body member having a front portion cut out to form an opening for the radiator, a curtain to close said opening, said front ,pction being formed at the bottom With a the adjacent side forming free end, and a strap spanning said opening in the front and attached to the; tongue intermediate its ends.

5 A cover for automobile hoods compris body member having'a front portion 'cjut out to form an opening for the radiator,

a curtain for closing the opening, said front being formed with two tongues or ribbons framing the opening, one of said tongues being formed with a tab overlapping the other tongue and detachably secured thereto, and a side flap attached to the vertical tongue, said side flap, when the fastening is undone, being movable with the side of the hood when the latter is opened without removing the cover from the hood. Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 24th day of February, A. D. 1916.

EDWIN B. NATHAN. WVitnesses NATHAN COHEN, MINNIE S. MILLER.

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